AUGUSTA – Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau (R-Waldo) today announced which senators will serve on the Select Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation Committee.

The Committee was established following a joint order from the Legislature earlier this month to address outstanding issues regarding implementation of the marijuana legalization which was approved by Maine voters last November.

“There is an enormous amount of work ahead for this committee because of the myriad of issues surrounding legalization that concern public safety, retail sales of the drug and state government oversight, to name a few. So instead of having individual committees examine each marijuana-related bill, it makes more sense to have one committee take a comprehensive approach and make recommendations to the full Legislature,” Senate President Thibodeau said.

Senate members of the Marijuana Legalization Implementation Committee are: